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Leach gets Obama appointment

By Jason Hancock 6/3/09

Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa) has been appointed by President Barack Obama to be the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent federal agency dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
Leach, who represented Iowa in Congress for 30 years before a surprising 2006 defeat [...]

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